The Informer 1980
金手指
Wang Chung plays the standard level-headed cop in charge of a rag-tag bunch of misfits and stereotypes (the coward, the playboy, etc.) who are after a drug runner. After their informant is killed, the team turns to a former Triad member (Danny Lee) to infiltrate the gang and bring the big boss down.
Vocabulary
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| 淫亵 淫褻 | obscene | |
| 清白 清白 | pure; innocent | |
| 幽默感 幽默感 | sense of humor | |
| 良民 良民 | good people; ordinary people (i.e. not the lowest class) | |
| 死尸 死屍 | corpse; dead body | |
| 口供 口供 | oral confession (as opposed to); statement; deposition | |
| 据我所知 據我所知 | as far as I know; to the best of my knowledge | |
| 公家 公家 | the public; the state; society; the public purse | |
| 聚餐 聚餐 | communal meal; formal dinner of club or group | |
| 无缘无故 無緣無故 | (idiom) no cause or reason; completely uncalled for | |
| 纯情 純情 | pure and innocent; a pure heart | |
| 混饭 混飯 | to work for a living | |
| 办妥 辦妥 | to arrange; to settle; to complete; to carry through | |
| 监守 監守 | to have custody of | |
| 无功不受禄 無功不受祿 | Don't get a reward if it's not deserved. (idiom) | |
| 探路 探路 | to find a path | |
| 再犯 再犯 | to re-offend; repeat offender; recidivist | |
| 样样 樣樣 | all kinds | |
| 弄清 弄清 | to clarify; to fully understand | |
| 泡妞 泡妞 | to pick up girls; to play around with girls; to chase after girls | |
| 不顺 不順 | unfavorable; adverse | |
| 心腹 心腹 | trusted aide; confidant | |
| 凑足 湊足 | to scrape together enough (people, money etc) | |
| 短命 短命 | to die young; short-lived | |
| 采取行动 採取行動 | to take action; to adopt policies; to move on some issue | |
| 茶壶 茶壺 | teapot | |
| 脱衣服 脫衣服 | undress | |
| 账本 賬本 | account book | |
| 告密 告密 | to inform against sb | |
| 主谋 主謀 | mastermind; ringleader; lead plotter | |
| 两手 兩手 | one's two hands; two prongs (of a strategy); both aspects, eventualities etc; skills; expertise | |
| 斯文 斯文 | refined; educate; cultured; intellectual; polite; gentle | |
| 处长 處長 | department head; section chief | |
| 钟头 鐘頭 | hour | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 照样 照樣 | as before; (same) as usual; in the same manner; still; nevertheless | |
| 出面 出面 | to appear personally; to step in; to step forth; to show up | |
| 免得 免得 | so as not to; so as to avoid | |
| 就是说 就是說 | in other words; that is | |
| 早晚 早晚 | morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 壶 壺 | pot; classifier for bottled liquid | |
| 师父 師父 | used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 账 賬 | account; bill; debt | |
| 出名 出名 | well-known for sth; to become well known; to make one's mark; to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc) | |
| 捉 捉 | to clutch; to grab; to capture | |
| 赖 賴 | to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on | |
| 番 番 | foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance); classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc); classifier for situations: kind, sort | |
| 景 景 | (bound form) scenery; circumstance; situation; scene (of a play); (literary) sunlight |